Description

Join the AWS Elemental Inference team, we're looking for a curious, empathetic Software Development Engineer II who is passionate about AI-driven video processing technologies and excited to work on challenging problems at scale. In this role, you'll contribute to building robust, scalable video processing systems while growing your technical skills in a supportive environment that values innovation, collaboration, and work-life balance.

In this role, you'll collaborate closely with applied scientists and research teams to bring innovations to life, translating breakthrough research into production-ready systems that serve customers at scale. You'll be regularly reviewing and implementing the latest advancements in machine learning, computer vision, and video understanding.

Key job responsibilities
- Shipping production code to solve complex problems in video encoding and AI-driven video processing, ensuring our LIVE and VOD workflows are robust and reliable.
- Working with product management and developers to design and drive the delivery of new AI-powered customer features, translating innovative ideas into operational software.
- Devising solutions to improve the performance, scalability, and resiliency of our services, including automated tools that leverage machine learning for content optimization.
- Participating in code reviews and design reviews to help the team identify sharp edges, look around corners, follow best practices, and improve the quality of their code.
- Mentoring team members through the design and implementation of new features and service improvements, with a focus on best practices in AI workflow design and MLOps.
- Helping with operational tooling and improvements, including coming up with metrics and dashboards to monitor our AI-enhanced systems and ensure smooth, real-time processing at scale.